Cannon Films

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Probably wouldn't happen, but with MGM's financial troubles of late, perhaps they would welcome any sort of money and licence the Cannon Library out cheaper than normal (yeah more chance of winning the lottery!).

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by Splatterdragon73

An unbridled classic piece of Ninja action this and imo Sho Kosugi's finest film.

Plenty of gratuitous violence and 'Shadow Warrior' shenanigans. Not to mention a nice bit of Shogun Assassin-esque blood spillage in the final reel.

MGM's R1 DVD isn't perfect but at least looks great and i'd happily snap up ROTN on BR in a heartbeat.

The mother of all '80s Ninja epics as far as yours truly is concerned.

Ive touched on this before, but I'm sure that there is quite a bit missing from the cut of ROTN that we see today. Look at the trailer, there are a few scenes in there that do not appear in the film and I remember reading Combat magazine (or the like) interview with the guy who played Sho's police pal with the FBI lettering on the back saying how dissapointed he was that his entire scene fighting a 300 pound wrestler had been totally cut from the film. I would love to see an interview with Sam Firstenburg recalling his memories of the film.

[bronx ratnik]

Originally Posted by mr 420

Ive touched on this before, but I'm sure that there is quite a bit missing from the cut of ROTN that we see today. Look at the trailer, there are a few scenes in there that do not appear in the film and I remember reading Combat magazine (or the like) interview with the guy who played Sho's police pal with the FBI lettering on the back saying how dissapointed he was that his entire scene fighting a 300 pound wrestler had been totally cut from the film. I would love to see an interview with Sam Firstenburg recalling his memories of the film.

sho kosugi's coppper pal in this movie was played by the karate champion Keith Vitali.
He was also in the badass movie No retreat no surrender part 3.
kick ass movie!

I believe the missing scenes were on the trailer and not meant to be in the movie?
only god knows what their intention was leaving these scenes out of the final cut?
they could have been as an extra bonus if not inserted in the movie!
crap happens when the director doesn't have the full authority to say the final word.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

It's a sad fact that many trailers don't include scenes that are in the final released cut of a movie, Point Break and Sea Of Love being two examples that come to mind (although, the scenes glimpsed in the Sea Of Love trailer can be found in the TV version of the movie).

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Watched a pile of Cannon films over the last week....
MURPHY'S LAW
10 TO MIDNIGHT
MISSING IN ACTION 1,2 & 3
DELTA FORCE
DELTA FORCE 2
REVENGE OF THE NINJA
ENTER THE NINJA
AMERICAN NINJA

Can't beat a good Cannon marathon....

[springjack]

What is the best dvd release of ENTER THE NINJA?

[bronx ratnik]

Originally Posted by springjack

What is the best dvd release of ENTER THE NINJA?

there's no good dvd reliese of ETN!
Only vhs NTSC tape from USA is great.

Btw I have the hard box german dvd reliese of Revenge of the ninja in widescreen, all others are 4:3

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Time to resuscitate this thread.....

I picked up ENTER THE NINJA and REVENGE OF THE NINJA today and both have glorious new transfers!
Great to see Enter finally uncut!

Oh and Revenge does indeed use the fantastic Guild vhs artwork!


Perhaps Optimum will go on a wee Canon run now eh?

Exterminator 2?

[Pete]

Sorry to get all nerdy here but ENTER is still cut. But it's only a cockfight - none of the people voilence is missing.

[springjack]

Originally Posted by Reaper@Cult Labs

Time to resuscitate this thread.....

I picked up ENTER THE NINJA and REVENGE OF THE NINJA today and both have glorious new transfers!
Great to see Enter finally uncut!

Oh and Revenge does indeed use the fantastic Guild vhs artwork!


Perhaps Optimum will go on a wee Canon run now eh?

Exterminator 2?

Originally Posted by Pete

Sorry to get all nerdy here but ENTER is still cut. But it's only a cockfight - none of the people voilence is missing.

Yeah... "Enter The Ninja" is still cut... but a cockfight won´t spoil the fun...

I just want my "Ninja III: The Domination"...
Well, the "Exterminator 2" DVD is also welcome.